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Laughter is the best medicine and our regular round-up of press and media funnies aims to put a smile on the most downcast of faces.

From amusingly misspelt headlines to double-entendres of the first degree, we want to feature them on this page.

We used to round them up into collections of ‘Friday Funnies’ and these can still be viewed here, but we will now be publishing them individually both here and on the site homepage.

If you spot one, tell us about it at [email protected].

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A weekly column reproduced from the Bristol Evening Post Page 2 of 2 Isn’t the quietest time of year for traffic during the school holidays? There’s no Japanese four-wheel drives that have never seen a speck of mud, or purple

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Vive la difference! by Graham Smith Page 3 of 3 The outdoor tables at a high-class restaurant edge precariously onto the roadside. More than once a diner almost ended up with roast duck, orange sauce, a side salad and a

Mr Blah's nanny state

A weekly column reproduced from the Bristol Evening Post Page 1 of 2 It hasn’t taken NuLabour long to get into its second term stride, has it? It’s only two weeks since the election and Mr Blah has already sorted

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A weekly column reproduced from the Bristol Evening Post Page 2 of 2 Now I’m not too worried about having a Sports Minister who doesn’t even know who captains the British Lions. This is politics, after all, where knowing nowt

Social workers swinging the lead

A weekly column reproduced from the Bristol Evening Post Page 1 of 2 If you had to guess which category of employee took the most days off sick, who would it be? Policemen? Maybe. They’re generally lazy sods who are

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A weekly column reproduced from the Bristol Evening Post Page 2 of 2 Meanwhile the Westminster gravy train keeps steaming ahead, with no buffers even remotely in sight. As well as copping for an 11 per cent rise which will

Barry's dilemma on the big vote

A weekly column reproduced from the Bristol Evening Post Page 1 of 2 So I suppose you want me to tell you how to vote? Well, on one side we have a dim-witted incompetent with a hair crisis and an

Excellent service from the chef

There were red faces all round at one weekly paper, which seems to have discovered a new way to bring the punters in to local restaurants. Hidden in the middle of a spread on eating out, was this entry for

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A weekly column reproduced from the Bristol Evening Post Page 2 of 2 So, back to the really important things in life, like Survivor and Big Brother. Have you noticed that out of the entire casts of the two programmes,

Ministerial appointments and the Aussie cricket team

A weekly column reproduced from the Bristol Evening Post Page 1 of 2 So, there we go. Another five years of lies, false promises and sleaze. I sometimes think that you people shouldn’t be trusted with something as important as

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A weekly column reproduced from the Bristol Evening Post Page 2 of 2 A new report, issued last week by the ludicrously-named Home and Leisure Accident Surveillance System, showed that last year there were 37 reported injuries caused by tea-cosy

Vive la difference

Vive la difference! by Graham Smith Freelance journalist Graham Smith, of Mediaworld, ponders the perils ofdriving ‘en France’. Page 1 of 3 It is alleged that the French drive on the right. If you are going there this year forget

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Vive la difference! by Graham Smith Page 2 of 3 You stick your nose out, remember to stay on the right and then you glance in the mirror. There are seventeen French people in assorted vehicles examining the small letters

Barry's vote-winning election manifesto

A weekly column reproduced from the Bristol Evening Post Page 1 of 2 Oh joy! The election campaign is in full swing and there are more false promises being made than during the last dance at a disco.But don’t despair.

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A weekly column reproduced from the Bristol Evening Post Page 2 of 2 BUSINESS: No telephone calls from sales people while Coronation Street’s on. Bank staff to be awarded stars to wear like in McDonald’s. Call-holding systems outlawed. Mines and

Funny ha-ha andfunny peculiar

Our latest batch of headlines, painstakingly clipped from the regional press. Our thanks to contributors, and again, names are withheld to protect the guilty! First up – there’s nothing like a good inquest… Presumably he’d jumped, shot himself, taken an